Show N R A CRITICS RAP CHEATS IN CODE PLAN Wholesale Chiseling to Employers by Consumers Consumers' Consumers Consumers' Con Con- sumers' sumers League RECOVERY MENACE CITED Mrs Gifford Cifford Pinchot Raps Ghastly Farce W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 28 IF Mrs Mrs Gifford Gilford Pinchot told N R B A officials today enforcement of ot their labor program program pro pro- gram was a ghastly farce and that so long as Weir Budd and others are not made to obey the law it is no use taking away the Blue Eagle from little fellows The red haired wife of Pennsylvania's Pennsylva nias nia's governor who more than once dU during the last year has marched In strikers' strikers picket lines was one of a multitude who found fault with vari van ous phases of ot the Blue Eagle program program pro pro- gram at complaint hearings I wonder what the workers think she said when they see Weir see Weir Ernest T. T Weir president of ot National Steel openly defying the United States government government government gov gov- and getting away with it When they see the case against him go to the department of ot justice and then back to the labor board and nothing issues but a silence so dramatic dra matic It almost has the power of shak shako trig big their faith in the United States government N R A Denounced General Johnson told the workers not to strike I hope he does not stay awake nights seeing the faces of men and women who are p pacing cing the street and who wh have depended on him on-him him t to protect their rights She denounced N R A for turning enforcement over to compliance boards dominated by chambers of commerce She began listing cases in which she had sought to speak In industrial communities com corn of Pennsylvania only to find herself excluded and denied halls by officials one of whom she said commented com corn that we dont don't allow anyone myone to talk to the workers about N NII R A A. At this Edward F. F McGrady assistant assistant assist ant secretary of labor who was on the platform burst out Mrs Pinchot if you ou in the future desire to go to any place and l itan- itan cn develops I would love to go with you and rip the curtain off J this Employers Employer Scored Mrs Mary W. W Dewson of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York representing the National Consumers' Consumers league declared that the National Consumers' Consumers league declared declared de de- dared that unless wholesale chiseling chiseling chiseling chisel ing by employers were stopped the recovery program would be de de- She started off oU the second days day's bombardment of N R A in response to Hugh Johnsons Johnson's request that MYone anyone any MY- anyone one with a grievance to air come to Washington and tell of it il The recovery recovery ery administrator referred to the gathering as as' as asa a a great greal roundup of criticism CIt Cites 1 Evasions Miss Dewson presenting a summary summary summary sum sum- mary of studies In 25 states made by her organization cited the settled evasions outrIght and and outright violations she said were used to defeat N R As A's pu pur poses Failure to readjust the wages of skilled workers to the shortened work week so that many are now getting 10 less a week than before N R A. A A was the first case cited Others included Much increased application of the stretch out system designating workers workers' as executives to avoid hour limitations using wage exemptions Ions Ifor for apprentices to hire cheap chelp help discharging these as soon as JS the learning learning learn learn- ing period has expired manipulating time clocks ks to work longer hours than allowed enforced payless holidays made up by ov overtime rUm and d deductions duct ons from pay envelopes for every con conceivable con con- excuse including even ing lag waitresses for the p pencils n JIs used wed Speaks for nr Brother ther Mr Mrs Ruth Scott of Washington explaining ex cx- she was vas appearing for her Continued on Pate Pare Two I CRITICS OF RAP CHISELERS Recovery Program Menaced Consumers' Consumers League Tells Code Chief Continued from Pate Page One Ont brother who works in a theater said He used to be paid 24 a week before before be fore tore N R A now his hours have been cut and he Li b making only 12 an and d de cant can't make ends meet He has a little e fellow who is often otten sick in winter winte r and pr prescriptions cost 85 cents H He e must buy his own uniform He mus must et t pay 5 S for tor a light housekeeping room It It is impossible for the boy to goon go goon on like he is Ive I've heard hundreds hundred I and hundreds of ot cases like my brother It Il it is true he works I less lens hours but what can he do with his spare time All AU he can do is sit around and brood ab about ut not being able to make a living for or his wife wile and bab baby He would rather workmore work workmore workmore more hours Charges that one corporation had haden been en working 48 oCa hours hour and 60 hours hour a w week k under th the guise of emergency or peak production period allowances of the electric code were filed by Floyd Hartwell A s spokesman spokesman spokes spokes- man for tor workers Edward F. F McGrady McGrath assistant administrator administrator ad ad- asked him to tile file affi effi davits with N R As A's compliance divi divi- sion Hartwell advocated a flat five day six hour week J J. J E. E Burke trade commissioner o of ot 2 Kansas Kamas City Mo asked that all wage wag e scales scale and labor cJ classifications be r removed removed re re- e moved from codes He spoke principally polly pally for garment plants in the Kansas Kan sas sus City area which he said lid were un fairly treated because wages were based on New York City levels McGrady said the wage scales were e demanded by the unions J J. J W. W Adleman representing th the e American Federation of Full Fashioned Fash Fash- Hosiery Workers said N R A should el eliminate from rom codes th the e lower wages uniformly given to th the e south and the differentials between betwee n large and small cities PITTSBURGH Feb 28 On W-On dP On the eve of an expected labor board order directing a new industrial election J in his plants Ernest T. T Weir chairman chair man of ot the National Steel corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion and champion of the industrialists industrial industrial- bu described his position in Americas America's Amer ices ica's c economic recovery program before before be be- fore the Engineers Engineers' society o of western west west- ern em Pennsylvania The year 59 year old ld steel magnate told engineers who paid 7 apiece for tor scats seats at ol their annual banquet last night he Is a supporter of the N R A AU Aas Aas as U a temporary measure but bu a b balloon bal 1 loon defies the laws of gravity for tor a period then falls taIls after alter its gas is gone Recommending mature thought before on a new economic eco eco- economic course Weir attacked the shorter hour program of the N R Aby A Aby Aby by asking If a hour 30 week gives more per persons persons sons work why not a 20 hour 20 hour week or less which would give even more employment Answering this he continued Personally I 1 think our efforts should be toward enabling people to buy more to co consume ume more to sh share re more in Jn profits rather than to produce produce pro pro- duce less I think a dose of castor oil is a good thing once in a while but one cannot live on it |